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Hp Rant

And another day of DNFing and interesting Hp fic for ridiculous Ron bashing....

Do I really have to read only Ron centric fics???

Because I sometimes want to read something else?

But almost every time I read a different one it ends up painting Ron in the bad light for like literally no reason????

Like??? THIS IS A FIC ABOUT SOMETING ELSE!! RON IS NOT ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS! HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!

You can easliy just be neutral about him, or make him not be involved in the story and barely mention him

If he is not involved in the storyline, why do you specifically have to include little bits of him just to paint him in a bad light??

If you actually hate him, just tag it " anti ron" or "Ron bashing"

And if you don't have that strong feeling, if you don't want to write a lot of bashing, then just LEAVE HIM ALONE! IGNORE HIM! its not that hard

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My favourite trope in the world is overpowered main characters who think they aren't that great at whatever they're doing and they're just scraping by, meanwhile they're the devil incarnate from everyone else's pov

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Infinity Train the show itself has its fair share of weaknesses in writing and execution imo but the core concept is still such an insane idea that it almost doesn’t matter. Like can you imagine for a second. What if you got kidnapped and put in increasingly ridiculous situations to learn a lesson but also The Thing that’s supposed to make you better had terrible instructions so there was a 50/50 chance you just got Incredibly Worse instead. Oh and also what if all the funny creatures on the therapy train were also sentient and intelligent and capable of emotion yet had basically no agency over their lives. If you killed them would you feel remorse?

What a fucked up concept. 100/10

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I like how the premise of Infinity Train is (spoiler alert) "this is a train that gives you therapy in the form of an adventure with magical creatures" and the actual plot is "here is why the therapy adventure train is a bad idea that can and does go wrong often"

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BRO WHAT

We have this interesting situation where we basically no longer have privacy nor the expectation of privacy, but we also don't have community or meaningful connection with others, so we're all simultaneously both completely exposed and absolutely alone, and please understand that when I say this situation is "interesting", what I in fact mean is that it's "nightmarish and I wish I could wake up"

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We have this interesting situation where we basically no longer have privacy nor the expectation of privacy, but we also don't have community or meaningful connection with others, so we're all simultaneously both completely exposed and absolutely alone, and please understand that when I say this situation is "interesting", what I in fact mean is that it's "nightmarish and I wish I could wake up"

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Merlin | 'A Remedy to Cure All Ills' s1e6

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This one will haunt me forever

READ WITH MERCY????

READ WITH MERCY???

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mergana is crazy bc like what’s going on between them is so much more fucked up than “”shipping”” or sexual attraction. they’re literally both gay for other people while going through a 30 year divorce arc with each other. they hate each other they’re the only ones who understand each other. he’s the only one who could have saved her she’s the only mistake he can’t take back. her destiny AND her doom. hello.

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Exactly omg! You might be the only one who get it??!??!

Like people give me the story where her flaws are actually acknowledged and where she had some real character development???

Because she could be soo interesting!!!

I mean, I still like her, but it feels like I like her for completely different reasons than other people.

I don't like her because she is so smart. I don't think shes even as smart she wants people to think, and she often acts like she's an expert on something just because she read a book.

I don't like her because she is "badass". I know how the movies portrayed her but in the books she often panics in danger.

I don't like her because she is "emotionally mature" because she isn't, no matter what jkr tried to convince us. She has almost zero social skills, she often gets jealous and petty and judgemental and bossy and patronizing.

Now, when I say all of these things it might sound like I don't like her at all. On the contrary, I like her BECAUSE of it. All these flaws make her look realistic, relatable, HUMAN.

I like that she is not the " badass beatiful perfect girl". It shows that even people that are considered "annoying" and "hard to deal with" , they can still be a hero. You dont have to be perfect to save people.

Because she is so, so brave. And determined. And loyal. And caring. She cares SO MUCH, even if she doesn't always execute her good intentions well.

Putting all that aside, we did deserve better. She did deserve better.

She could be so much more inspirational If she was explored properly. Like, we know basicly nothing about her parents?? How is her relationship with them?? How everything happening in Wizarding world affected it??

And just give her an opportunity to grow up. To realize she was wrong about something and try to be better.

Maybe touch on her internalized misogyny( it's mostly jkr internalized misogyny but still) or on the fact that she struggles with her place in Wizarding world and that's why she needs to be the best at everything to prove to herself and everyone that she deserves to be here - like this girls biggest fear was to be expelled??? It was not Harry's biggest fear and his life before hogwarts was basicly hell

Just give her SOMETHING

hermione is so often treated as this aspirational wish fulfillment character without internal struggles of her own..even by the books themselves, which often gloss over her real flaws, frame her in the right of situations where she's more ambiguous like the Marietta edgecombe thing, which is 'morally grey' but treated like the unambiguous right thing to do on her part, and make her character arc basically about...getting together with Ron? instead of anything else. while both Ron and Harry have their own arcs. she's never really questioned and challenged and forced to grow she's just right all the time and even though she actually is quite complex that complexity doesn't shine. and then you get fanon girlboss power fantasy Hermione who has no flaws at all and is dating random death eater no 3 for some reason. give me canon Hermione but with an actual arc pleaseeeeee we can do her better

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"I wouldn't fuckin' piss on you if you were on fire, you got that?" Daredevil: Born Again S01E09 - Straight to Hell

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devotion that corrupts is my favorite btw there's nothing wrong with it ever & it should be encouraged

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The most human thing a character can do is contradict themselves.

The cynic who still carries a childhood stuffed animal.

The liar who craves honesty.

The overthinker who makes reckless decisions.

The heartbreaker who believes in soulmates.

The pacifist who holds lifelong grudges.

The tough guy who cries during old movies.

The thrill-seeker who's terrified of commitment.

The grump who’s unfailingly polite to waitstaff.

People aren’t consistent. Your characters shouldn’t be either.

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i love merlin as the unreliable narrator. the entire show is him being an unreliable narrator. he's got tunnel vision and he's driven by desperation. he is my morally grey perpetually exhausted baby with one of the weirdest most twisted versions of saviour complex out there. he is perfect and i wouldn't have him any other way

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big fan of urban fantasy and similar genres because theres nothing funnier to me than a setting where youve got people fighting with enchanted blades and bows and hopping around doing magic tricks but you can also just hit a demon with your car if you feel like it

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I'd truly be the worst person to stick into a timeloop because I'd really just spend the first 5 years catching up on my book tbr, the next 7 on all the movies and shows that've Been On My List for ages, and then another decade on ao3. like sure nothing may stick but my memories will and i can just go into a supermarket to get snacks and wine each day, and i have art to indulge in. like thanks for the hints on how to get out but respectfully, I am busy